Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
May 31, 2013
Submitted
June 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N708QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
069
Aircraft time
8,095 hours, 5,025 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
88055A010005
Part serial
00712
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
7 hours, 6 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

15 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AT 31,000 FT, CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED 8500 & DISPLAY TURNED YELLOW. KEPT SLOWLY CLIMBING. RAN CHECKLIST & PUT IN MANUAL MODE, BUT STILL UNABLE TO CONTROL. CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED 10,000 FT, DESCENDED TO 15,000 FT. REACHING THAT ALTITUDE, PUT CONTROLLER BACK INTO AUTO. PARTIALLY PRESSURIZED BUT NOT NORMAL. ON FURTHER DESCENT AT 13,000 FT CABIN ALTITUDE 2600, AT 11,000 FT CABIN ALT 1,000, & AT 9,000 FT CABIN ALT 800. TROUBLESHOT SYS & FOUND OUTFLOW VALVE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. VALVE ERRATIC & TOOK TOO LONG TO OPEN & CLOSE. REMOVED OUTFLOW VALVE INSTALLED NEW OUTFLOW. PERFORMED OPS CHECKS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTE. WORK PERFORMED IAW G200 MM 21-30-00, PG547.